And about 620,000 others have lost their homes. And general overseeing the u. S. Response efforts described seeing bodies as he flew over this region. Every building is either significantly damaged or destroyed. The streets are all closed. You can see with 15 to 25 foot wave came across entire villages. Everything is wiped out. As the the Philippine Government and forces ask us for support, ive got airplanes and helicopters and airplanes that can look for people in areas that are stranded. And much of the countrys infrastructure was destroyed by huge waves and winds up to 235 miles per hour. Officials are largely now relying on helicopters to rescue those still stranded. Nbcs ian williams is on the ground in manila and joins us by phone. Lets talk about the effort. I heard other reports as we reported now, theres some areas that they simply have not been able to reach and here were looking at days now. Thats right, tamron. I mean three days after this typhoon struck, rescue workers sti
Worlds markets . Are we headed into another recession . I will talk to two experts who have slightly different perspectives. And a very special treat. The great Harry Belafonte, star of stage and screen, activist and humanitarian on the whiteness of the Academy Awards and the blackness of the president and the state of Race Relations in america today. And finally, rolling on the red carpet in egypt and rolling and rolling and rolling, ill explain. First, heres my take. It is the line that might have sunk a president ial campaign. It came during last saturdays debate from senator marco rubio. He knows exactly what hes doing. Barack obama is over taking a systemic approach to make the country like the rest of the world. He repeated the phrasing almost robotically. What about the substance of what he said . The charge that president obama is attempting to change america fundamentally is a staple of right wing talk shows. As they point out, Rush Limbaugh glenn beck and others routinely ass
I will talk to martin wolf who has slightly different perspectives and a very special treat. The great harry. Star of stage and screen activist and humanitarian on the whiteness of academy awards, the blackness of the president and the state of Race Relations in america today. And finally, rolling on the red carpet in egypt and comikol rol rolling and rolling, ill explain. First, heres my take. It is the line that might have sunk a president ial campaign. It came during last saturdays debate from senator marco rubio. He knows exactly what hes doing. Hes overtaking a systematic approach to make the country like the rest of the world. He repeated the phrasing almost robotically. What about the substance of what he said . The charge that president obama is attempting to change america fundamentally is a staple of right wing talk shows. As they point out, Rush Limbaugh and others assert obamas policies are designed to transit form america. This rhetoric does raise an important question. Wh
President ial nominee has had said a relationship with mexico and its people. Joining me now by phone, the political reporter for the political post. Broke the story he considered the visit. Robert, how did it come about . Well, this came about, starting last friday, trump and secretary clinton both get invitations from the mexican president , and steve, based on my report in the newly installed campaign, ceo, met with trump advisers sunday in new jersey. Trumps weekend retreat, and look at the letter, use this as a political opportunity, an opportunity to jolt trumps campaign, maybe be seen as a statesman. Thats their view, and then it came together in the last couple days. Trumps representatives reached out to the u. S. Embassy and mexico city, and working with my colleague here at the post, today, we started to hear more and more about these behind the scenes talks about trump wanting to meet with the mexican president , and then trump tweeted tonight, its official. And hes going to
Opportunity to jolt trumps campaign, maybe be seen as a statesman. Thats their view, and then it came together in the last couple days. Trumps representatives reached out to the u. S. Embassy and mexico city, and working with my colleague here at the post, today, we started to hear more and more about these behind the scenes talks about trump wanting to meet with the mexican president , and then trump tweeted tonight, its official. And hes going to go down there, do this meeting, which will be with the president of mexico said, private, and then fly back and do the big twice postponed much anticipated policy speech . I hear the speech is going to be hard line, that stephen miller, the speech writer who worked for jeff sessions, the new ceo, they are all over the speech, and so this waivering weve seen from trump on immigration in recent weeks, socalled potential softening, that doesnt seem to be happening with the speech and the trip to mexico, i think, underscores based on my reportin